Subashi Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in China}}
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| name = Subashi Formation
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| type = Geological formation
| age = Campanian-Maastrichtian
~{{fossil range|84|66}}
| period = Maastrichtian
| prilithology = Red or variegated sandstone
| otherlithology = Mudstone
| namedfor =
| namedby = Dong Zhiming
| year_ts = 1977
| region = Xinjiang
| country = China
| coordinates = {{coord|43.1|N|91.8|E|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|39.6|N|82.8|E|display=inline}}
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| overlies = Unconformity with Kumtax Formation
| thickness =
| extent = Turpan Basin
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| width = 250
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{{Location map~ | China Xinjiang Bayingolin
| lat_deg = 43.1
| lon_deg = 91.8
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The Subashi Formation ({{zh|s=苏巴什组}}) is a Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)Xi et al., 2018 formation from the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of western China.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?formation=Subashi&member=NULL_OR_EMPTY Subashi Formation] at Fossilworks.org Initially described by Dong Zhiming in 1977, the formation contains remains of Tarbosaurus which were initially described as a separate taxon Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis. Remains of a sauropod, likely Nemegtosaurus, and a hadrosaurid, likely Jaxartosaurus, have also been found.
The formation is located in the Flaming Mountains region of Xinjiang, north of the Turpan Depression. It is not far from Lianmuqin Town of Shanshan County,Glut, 2001 and is presumably named after the village of Subashi ({{coord|42|55|11|N|89|44|36|E|region:CN-62}}), which is located some {{convert|15|km}} to the west of Lianmuqin, in Tuyugou Township (吐峪沟乡).
Fossil content
= Dinosaurs =
== Ornithischians ==
| class="wikitable" align="center" |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Ornithopods of the Subashi Formation |
|---|
| Genus
! Species ! Location ! Stratigraphic position ! Material ! Notes ! Images |
| EuoplocephalusZhai et al., 1978
| E. tutus | | | | A ankylosaurin ankylosaurine | |
| Jaxartosaurus
| J. fuyunensis | | | | |
== Sauropods ==
| class="wikitable" align="center" |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Sauropods of the Subashi Formation |
|---|
| Genus
! Species ! Location ! Stratigraphic position ! Material ! Notes ! Images |
| NemegtosaurusDong, 1977
| N. pachi | | | Teeth | |
| Titanosauridae Indet.Dong, 1997
| Indeterminate | | | | | |
== Theropods ==
| class="wikitable" align="center" |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Theropods of the Subashi Formation |
|---|
| Genus
! Species ! Location ! Stratigraphic position ! Material ! Notes ! Images |
| Coelurosauria Indet.Shen & Mateer, 1992
| Indeterminate | | | | | |
| Tarbosaurus
| T. baatar | | | | |
= Turtles =
| class="wikitable" align="center" |
| colspan="7" align="center" | Turtle of the Subashi Formation |
|---|
| Genus
! Species ! Location ! Stratigraphic position ! Material ! Notes ! Images |
| GravemysYeh, 1974
| G. hutchisoni | | | | A lindholmemydid turtle | |
See also
References
{{reflist|2}}
= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Xi |first1=D. |last2=Wan |first2=X. |last3=Li |first3=G. |last4=Li |first4=G. |year=2018 |title=Cretaceous integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China |journal=Science China Earth Sciences |volume=61 |pages=1–31 |doi=10.1007/s11430-017-9262-y}}
- {{citation |last1=Zhang |first1=S.-K. |first2=Q. |last2=Wang |year=2010 |title=A new species of ovaloolithids from Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=48 |pages=71–75}}
- {{citation |first=Donald F |last=Glut |year=2001 |title=Dinosaurs, the encyclopedia: Supplement, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DVSAQAAIAAJ |publisher=McFarland & Co. |pages=497 |isbn=078641166X}}
- {{citation |last=Dong |first=Z |year=1997 |title=On a large claw of sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang, China. In Z. Dong (ed.), Sino-Japanese Silk Road Dinosaur Expedition China Ocean Press, Beijing |pages=111–112}}
- {{citation |last=Dauphin |first=Y |year=1994 |title=Comparaison des microstructures et de la composition chimique de coquilles d'oeufs fossiles du Sud de la France, de quelques specimens d'Asie et d'oiseaux actuels |journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen |volume=194 |pages=55–71|doi=10.1127/njgpa/194/1994/55 }}
- {{citation |last1=Shen |first1=Y.-b. |first2=N. J. |last2=Mateer |year=1992 |title=An outline of the Cretaceous System in northern Xinjiang, western China. In N. J. Mateer, P.-j. Chen (eds.), Aspects of Nonmarine Cretaceous Geology China Ocean Press, Beijing |pages=50–77}}
- {{citation |last1=Zhai |first1=R.-j. |first2=J.-j. |last2=Zheng |first3=Y.-s. |last3=Tong |year=1978 |title=Stratigraphy of the mammal-bearing Tertiary of the Turfan Basin, Sinkiang |journal=Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang. III. Permian and Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Dzungaria Basin and Tertiary Stratigraphy and Mammalian Fossils of Turfan Basin |volume=13 |pages=68–81}}
- {{citation |last=Dong |first=Z |year=1977 |title=On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=15 |pages=59–66}}
- {{citation |last=Yeh |first=H |year=1974 |title=A new fossil dermatemydid from Sinkiang |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=12 |pages=257–261}}
- {{citation |last=Young |first=C.-C |year=1965 |title=Fossil eggs from Nanshiung, Kwangtung and Kanchou, Kiangsi |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=9 |pages=141–170}}
Category:Geologic formations of China
Category:Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia
Category:Mudstone formations of China